Brick-drying car.



Patented Nov. 4, |902.

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BRICK DBYlNG CAR.

(Application filed Dec. 9, 1901.)

Patented Nov. 4, |902.

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EDWARD W. OSTRANDER,

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orfooEYM'ANs, NEW YORK.

BRICK-DRYINGCAR.

sPE'cIFcATION forming panter 'Letters Patent 110.712,840; dated November 4, 1902.

A pplication filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,257. (No model.)

.To all whom t mayconcrn:

Be it known that LEDWARD W. OSTRANDER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Coey; mans, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Brick-Drying Oar, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved brick-drying car adapted for use in drying green bricks pre' paratory to burning the same in a kiln; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of a brickdrying carconstructed in accordance with my invention. tional view of the same, showing one side of the casing opened. Fig. 3 is a detail perspec-v tive view of one of theV rack-bars for supporting the pallets. i

The sills 1 of the car-frame, which are here shown as resting on and secured to the axles 8, are iron bars of suitable dimensions and are provided on their upper sides at suitable regular distances apart with transverse grooves 3. The bottom 4f of the car is made of sheet or plate iron and is here shown as secured to the under sides of the sills. Vertical corner-bars 5,which are made of iron, have their lower and upper ends bent inwardly at rightangles, as at (i 7. The lower portions of the said corner-bars aresecured on the end portions of the sills 1 by clip-bolts 8. The upper frame 9 of the car is in practice a continuous bar, which in transverse section is disposed in a vertical position. The corners of the said upper frame 9 rest on the bent upper portions 7of the corner-bars 5 and are secured thereto by clip-bolts 10. The sides of the upper frame 9 are notched in their lower edges, as at 11, the said notches 11 being disposed above and in vertical alinement with the grooves 3 of the sills 1. Vertical bars 12, which support the rack-bars 13, that carry the brick-pallets 14t,have their lower ends notched,

as at 15, and itted in the grooves 3 of the sills 1and the upper ends of the said vertical bars 12 are provided with notches 16, which receive the notched portions 11 of the side bars of the top frame 9. The said vertical bars 12 are also made of iron. Each of the vided.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sec-1 rack-bars '13 is of iron and is provided with vertical openings 17, through which the vertical bars 12 extend, the said rack-bars being supported at the required distance apart by cross-pins 18, which are inserted in openings with which the said vertical bars 12 are pro- Each rack-bar 13 is provided with notches 19 in its` ends at points midway between its sides and in line with the openings 17. Guide-anges to separate the brick-pallets are formed on the said rack-bars 13 by wires or rods 2O of suitable size, the ends of .which are bent under the said rack-bar in the notches 19 and in the ends of the open- .ings 17 thereof, the said wires or rods 20 being disposed on and projecting above the upper side of the rack-bar, as shown in Fig. 3. The diameter of said wires or rods is equal to the thickness of the vertical bars 12.

It will'be understood from the foregoing description and by reference to the drawings that the pallets 14, on which the bricks are placed as they are taken from the molds, may be readily placed on the rack-bars or removed therefrom.

Y The top 21 of the car is in practice an iron plate. The said top plate 21 is provided with a longitudinal central opening 22 of suitable dimensions, over which is a cupola or dome `23, having openings 24 to admit the escape of air from the interior of the car.

Near the sides of the car are circulatingpipes 25, through which hot air, hot water, or steam may be caused to circulatefrom a furnace or boiler of suitable construction. The said pipes 25 pass through openings in the vertical bars 12, as shown, and the lower pipes 25 are secured to and above the sills 1 by clip-bolts 26.

The ends 27 and the sides 28 of the car box or casing are composed of iron plates and are hinged at their upper sides to the top plate 21, as at 29. The sides 28 are each composed of a plurality of sections 30, hinged together, as at 31, whereby the sides may bedoubled and lifted and disposed above the top of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be closed against the sides of the frame which carries the brick-pallets, as shown in the same gure.

In operation my improved brick-drying car is disposed on a track, which runs from the molding-machine to the kiln. The pallets as IOO they are lled with the freshly-molded bricks from the machine are placed on the rack-bars 13 until the car is filled. In warm sunny weather the sides and ends of the car-box are opened and the bricks dried in the car without the employment of artificial heat. In cold and rainy weather the sides and ends of the car-box are closed and hot air, steam, or hot water is caused to circulate through the pipes 25, the heat radiated from the said pipes being employed to dry the bricks, as will be understood. When the bricks are dry, the car is drawn to the kiln where they are to be burned. I provide a suitable clevis 33 at each end of the car to enable the same to be drawn on the track.

By the use of my improved drying-car a considerable economy may be effected in the manufacture ot' bricks. My drying-car enables the bricks to be dried in all kinds of weather, preserves the form and color of the bricks during the drying process, enables the area of a brick-yard to be considerably reduced without diminishing the capacity of the plant, enables drying sheds and rooms to be dispensed with, and effectsagreat economy of labor.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. In a brick-drying car, the bottom frame, a top frame forming the roof and having a cupola thereon provided with air-escape openings, corner-posts connecting the said bottom and top frames and sides each comprising a' plurality of sections hinged together, the said sides being adapted to be folded, so that the sections thereof lie upon one another and being hinged to the sides ofthe roof and adapted to be folded over and disposed upon lthe cupola, substantially as described.

2. A brick-drying car having racks to sup'- port the pallets, a casin g or box provided with sides adapted to be folded and disposed on the top thereof, and heating-pipes disposed in the interior of said casing or box, substantially as described.

3. A brick-drying car having upper and lower frames provided with notches, cornerbars connecting said upper and lower frames, vertically-disposed bars notched in their ends and iitted in said notches of said upper and lower frames, and rack-bars to support the pallets, said rack-bars being supported by said vertically-disposed bars and having openings through which said vertically-disposed bars extend, substantially as described.

4. A brick-drying car having upper and lower frames provided with notches, cornerbars having their upper and lower ends bent inwardly at right angles and secured to the said upper and lower frames, vertically-disposed bars notched in their ends and fitted in said notches of said upper and lower frames, and rack-bars to support the pallets, said rack-bars being supported by said verticallydisposed bars, substantially as described.

5. In combination with vertically-disposed bars, a rack-bar having openings through which said vertically-disposed bars extend, and a ange element, as a wire disposed on said rack-bar, and having its ends bent downwardly and under the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD W. OSTRANDER.

Vtfitnesses':

JUSTIN L. BISHOP, FRANCIS SARELL WILLIS. 

